The release of the expanded USP<1207> in 2016 cast doubt over the validity of so-called probabilistic analytical methods, including one the biopharmaceutical industry’s most universal tests – the dye ingress method for container closure integrity
With the dye ingress method ubiquitously used without issue for decades, this paper highlights the continued value and applicability of this and other probabilistic analytical tests. In addition, this paper also describes how any method, whether probabilistic or deterministic, stands or falls on the quality of its development and validation, and not necessarily on the properties of the test itself.
The most important factor is to apply a test method is not how it is labelled, but lies in its development, qualification and whether it meets the need for which it is designed.
